Fire and Ice 1: Thick and Thin

AN: This is my first Merlin fic! I hope you enjoy it and any reviews would be great!

So this is basically if Arthur and Morgana lived, what would've happened? I may add some other dead characters but those are the main two!

Disclaimer: I don't own Merlin. Everything belongs to the BBC and I'm just doing this for fun!

Chapter 1

Stars twinkled in the dark sky. The birds were asleep and a chill filled the air. No one dared to break the silence.

The knights of Camelot, Merlin and King Arthur had just been out hunting. There was a warm fire glowing and everyone except a certain Warlock surrounded it.

Merlin sat at the edge of the clearing, resting beside a tall tree. He had picked up a stick and started scratching into the dirt beneath him. What he was drawing, he did not know.

"Merlin, we're going to sleep." Arthur called from the group. Merlin looked up and nodded to show he had heard. When everyone had gone to bed, he got up and put out the fire putting them all in darkness. With nothing else to do, he grabbed his own blanked and went to sleep.

'Emrys'

Merlin looked around but all he could see was fog.

'Emrys'

'Who are you?' Merlin asked the air.

'That is not of your concern,' the voice said back in its mysterious tone.

'What if I want to know,' Merlin wondered, looking around.

'There are more important things at stake.'

'Why are you telling me? What can I do?' Merlin asked.

'You are the most powerful sorcerer to have ever lived. You are life and death, you are the light and the darkness.' The voice replied.

'Ha! I wish,' Merlin snorted.

'It's true. Be careful Emrys. You and Arthur Pendragon are in great danger.'

'From who?' Merlin asked. No answer.

'Tell me!' He yelled.

'Please!'

Morgana Pendragon swept through the burning village. Nothing could stop her. She was determined to find Merlin... Emrys... Her doom.

Her dark hair flew behind her as she entered the forest. After walking for a bit, she stopped and sat on a rock. Her eyes flashed gold and a crow appeared in front of her ready for her message. She gave it a tiny scroll and it flew off into the night sky.

The Lady Aria grinned as the black bird flew over her castle, landing before her with barely a thud. She stroked the crow's silky black feathers and let it fly again.

She opened the letter and began to read, her eyes widening with every word.

"Alex!" She screeched.

"Yes My Lady," Alex, a young boy around the age of 17 came and knelt before her.

"Prepare our finest room. We're expecting a guest." Lady Aria ordered.

"Of course My Lady," Alex hurried off leaving the throne room completely silent.

Lady Aria grinned. This Merlin boy was sure to die very, very soon.

Merlin was the first to wake in the morning. He looked up at the sky and guessed it was very early. The sky was still dark but there were no stars shining now.

Not really knowing what to do, he wondered around the clearing, bored and alone.

And that's what he done until a scream woke Arthur and the Knights up.

Everyone gathered their weapons and ran to where the scream had come from. A large group of bandits had captured two people. A boy and a girl. The man looked old enough to be the girl's father.

Arthur motioned for the Knights to move closer. Merlin had disappeared but it greatly annoyed Arthur when he saw Merlin at the other side of the clearing.

"Merlin what on earth are you doing?!" Arthur mouthed when he caught Merlin's attention.

"Getting a closer look!" Merlin mouthed back. Arthur rolled his eyes.

"Merlin get over here!"

"I don't want to!"

"I'm telling you to!"

"I don't need to listed to you!"

"I am you're king and you will get back over here you idiot!"

"I hate to break up such an interesting conversation." A man sneered. Arthur and Merlin turned to look at him. He had dark hair and his teeth were rotten. He was tall and muscular and his smile was sickly.

Merlin looked at Arthur. They were so outnumbered.

"Get 'em!" The man yelled.

Soom enough, Arthur, the Knights and Merlin were all tied up and headed to someone they did not know. This wasn't good.

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